The Art of Balance: Arm Balances & Transitions Series

with Danielle Giovannone

Ready to level up your arm balance game? Join us for this 5-part progressive workshop series designed to build strength, mobility, confidence, and creativity in your arm balances and transitions. Whether you’re working on refining Crow, unlocking Flying Pigeon, conquering Firefly, or finally flirting with Handstand, this series will give you the tools, biomechanics, and intelligent drills to move with more power and ease.

Each workshop stands alone, but together they form a comprehensive journey into the art of balance—layering core strength, hip mobility, shoulder stability, and smart transitions to help you move beyond static poses and into dynamic, flowing sequences.

All levels welcome. Modifications, blocks, and progressions will be offered.

Crow Transitions 2.0

Friday, January 30th | 6:30–8:00pm
Single Drop-In: $40 | Full Series: $185

We’ve already explored some transitions from Crow… Chaturanga shoot-backs, Flying Scissors, and Tripod Headstand. In this workshop, we’ll continue expanding our arm balance transition portfolio.
You’ll learn how hip rotation can guide you from Crow into Tittibhasana (Firefly), and how core engagement and shoulder strength support smooth transitions into Eka Pada Galavasana (Flying Pigeon). We’ll link Crow to Flying Scissors and onward into Chin Stand… yes, yes, yes! We’ll even explore entering arm balances from unexpected places, like Downward Facing Dog into Crow or Extended Side Angle into Flying Scissors. With Crow as our hub, the possibilities for creative transitions are endless. Let’s keep going.

Eka Pada Galavasana (Flying Pigeon) & Parsva Bhuja Dandasana (Grasshopper)

Friday, February 20th | 6:30–8:00pm
Single Drop-In: $40 | Full Series: $185

It’s all about the hips and the twists in these poses. We’ll continue building core strength and hip flexibility to navigate the leg positioning required for both shapes.
You’ll engage the deep abdominal muscles to better understand their role in lifting and stabilizing the back leg in Flying Pigeon, including how creating a strong “foot lock” supports balance. Through targeted hip openers and twists, we’ll increase spinal mobility and use the breath to access deeper thoracic rotation—key to transitioning into Grasshopper. We’ll also layer in shoulder and arm strengthening techniques to enhance stability and explore the use of blocks for greater structural support and clarity in alignment.

Tittibhasana (Firefly) & Astavakrasana (Eight Angle Pose)

Friday, March 27th | 6:30–8:00pm
Single Drop-In: $40 | Full Series: $185

Tittibhasana (Firefly) is as much about hip flexibility and rotation as it is about upper body strength. In this workshop, we’ll build on core engagement and hip mobility techniques introduced in earlier sessions to begin accessing this shape with more ease.
Blocks will play a key role in creating accessibility and developing confidence in this pose. We’ll then explore Astavakrasana (Eight Angle Pose), named for the eight bends created throughout the body, layering in shoulder and arm strength while uncovering how hip rotation becomes a key stabilizing force. We’ll continue drawing on foundations of hip mobility, core strength, and biomechanics as we level up your arm balance game.

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand) – Foundations

Friday, April 24th | 6:30–8:00pm
Single Drop-In: $40 | Full Series: $185

The unicorn pose. We all want it—and we all can have it by learning how to stack the body from the ground up.
This workshop focuses on getting the hips over the shoulders, bringing the ribcage into a vertical line, and understanding how proper alignment (not just straight legs) creates a stable handstand. You’ll practice supported drills at the wall, strengthen the abdominals and glutes for a neutral pelvis, and build the foundational shoulder stability needed to feel confident getting upside down. Getting into handstand isn’t magic… it’s body mechanics you can absolutely learn.

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand) – Integration

Friday, May 29th | 6:30–8:00pm
Single Drop-In: $40 | Full Series: $185

In this second handstand workshop, we’ll build on the foundations, deepening your practice with new strength-building drills, expanded wall work, and deeper balance challenges.
You’ll refine your handstand line with more advanced shoulder and back strengthening, learn dynamic wall drills that teach you how to float and shift weight, and experiment with balance in a playful, low-pressure way. This workshop introduces fresh drills designed specifically to layer onto your foundations, helping you feel stronger, more steady, and maybe even ready to flirt with a freestanding handstand. Let’s catch that unicorn.

Pricing & Registration

• Single Workshop Drop-In: $40

• Full 5-Part Series: $185 (best value)

Space is limited. Pre-registration strongly recommended.